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multi-factor authentication

Using two or more forms of identification to authenticate a user. The common single-factor authentication employs one password. For more security, multi-factor authentication adds at least one more form such as a text message with a one-time number, a physical token or some form of biometrics. See two-factor authentication, authentication token and biometrics.
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Multi-factor authentication is a security system that protects companies against data breach.
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Powered by IP and R&D, the software increases security, improves convenience, and reduces fraud at a lower total cost of ownership than traditional multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions.
UAE banks are rapidly deploying multi-factor authentication to confirm a person's identity, with several factors, such as a smartphone, a password, and a facial scan.
Multi-factor authentication should include an object, a fact, and a person, and is the next step for banking and finance organisations to defend against cyberattacks and secure transactions," said Andrew Calthorpe, CEO, Condo Protego.
Veridium has introduced Veridium Authenticator App, an enterprise-ready solution enabling a cost-efficient, convenient and more secure multi-factor authentication process.
Discover has already implemented a number of digital authentication technologies such as tokenization, multi-factor authentication, and biometrics that are more secure than requiring a signature and provide a more seamless payment transaction.
This research designs and develops a multi-factor authentication protocol, starting from a registration system, which generates authentication factors, to an actual authentication mechanism.
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